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AMD said it’s bringing the new heat this week, but, in a classic act of showmanship, it’s teasing out only imagery today and insisting on making us wait until Friday to truly learn what the next generation of Radeon graphics is made of. For now, we have the full titles of its leading lights, namely the Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon HD 6850, along with plenty of pictorial evidence of their existence in a lab somewhere. We note with glee that the default output arrangement includes no less than five ports, including two DVI, one HDMI (1.4a), and two Mini DisplayPorts. We’d rather the latter two were full-sized, but it doesn’t look like ATI AMD had the room to fit them in. As to power requirements, the HD 6870 will need two 6-pin connectors to augment the juice it gets from the PCI Express port, while the HD 6850 will sate its needs with just the one. Anyhow, enjoy the gallery below and make sure to have your popcorn ready for the benchmark-heavy reviews coming up at the end of the week.

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AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 officially pictured, coming this Friday originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know that iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter that you wasted money on? Yeah, turns out there’s probably a superior alternative available in the wilds of China… well, aside from the fact that it probably lacks an internal authentication chip needed to play back most protected content. Noosy’s iPad HDMI output adapter is fairly simple in design — it plugs into the 30-pin Dock Connector that’s on modern iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, and then allows 720p content to flow directly over HDMI. We’re guessing there’s just a VGA-to-HDMI converter wrapped inside a familiar package, but we definitely like where this is headed. There’s nary a word on how much this will cost you (or what street corner you need to visit in order to find one), but here’s hoping the engineers in Cupertino are paying attention to what consumers are really after.

[Thanks, Thomas]

KIRFy iPad adapter adds HDMI output, probably balks at DRM’d material originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pulling memory cards and downloading pictures? A pain. Keeping track of a drawer full of different-sized battery packs for your travel, studio, and video cameras? A headache. If that’s you, Canon’s Cross Media Station could be a big hit of aspirin. Finally shown to the world after being teased at the Canon Expo last month, the prototype device looks something like a chubby scanner from a dark future. However, the top is actually an inductive charging pad. Set your camera up there (up to three at once) and a blue light will pop on to indicate flowing electricity. While the power heads one direction the data goes whizzing by in the other, pictures pulled and categorized on the device based on time, place, and recognized faces. As you can see in the video after the break, photos can be displayed over HDMI onto your HDTV. We’re guessing the wireless data spec is TransferJet, as Canon is a member of that consortium, but when it comes to the wireless charging we’re somewhat in the dark. It looks like the models in the video are using adapters to enable this functionality, but surely this will be integrated eventually. You know, in the future, when all the best stuff happens.

Continue reading Canon Cross Media Station pulls your pics and charges your cameras, wirelessly (video)

Canon Cross Media Station pulls your pics and charges your cameras, wirelessly (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You can get great movies from a DSLR, but you’re stuck with staring at the rear LCD-panel whilst shooting. With the internal mirror flipped up to let the light get to the sensor, the viewfinder is blacked-out. Enter Redrock Micro’s microEVF, an external electronic viewfinder for SLRs. Or rather “HDSLRs” as they are called in the press release, continuing the slow addition of useless letters onto the start of the SLR name.

The microEVF plugs into the HDMI port of any camera that has one and uses the signal to drive its LED-backlit LCD screen. The eyepiece has a 1.2-million dot resolution, which is higher than the 920,000-dots found on most high-end rear-panels. The 6-ounce unit has its own battery which promises a full day of use, and there will also be some mysterious “Electronic assist features that will be announced closer to production release.” These will either be self-contained additions, or will rely on information reaching the eyepiece via the HDMI-cable.

The microEVF is probably essential for anyone shooting outdoors in the sunshine, and – because it can be positioned off-camera – it’s a lot more practical than the loupe-type hoods that just fit over the camera LCD. A release date has yet to be decided, but the price will be $595.

MicroEVF product page [Redrock Micro]

See Also:

• Professional Video Shoulder Mount for iPhone 3GS
• Nano' Mounts Turn SLRs into Movie-Cameras on the Cheap

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What do you get when you combine the N8‘s HDMI output, its 12 megapixel camera, and your trusty old TV set? As Anssi Vanjoki might say, you get a big new smartphone. Nokia’s research labs have thrown up a neat little “prototype” app called Plug and Touch, which enhances the N8’s already famed HDTV friendliness with the ability to recognize touch input. This is done by positioning your aluminum-clad Nokia about five feet away from the display and letting its camera pick up your hand’s gestures and touches, essentially resulting in a massively enlarged Symbian^3 handset device. Naturally, it’s not terribly precise at this stage and there are no plans for an actual release, but it sure is a tantalizing glimpse of what may be coming down the pipe. Video after the break.

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Nokia’s Plug and Touch turns your HDTV into a giant N8 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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